Numbers 9:2

Numbers 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
• New International Version (NIV)“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

Context of Numbers 9:2

1And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at its appointed season. 3In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all its rites, and according to all its ceremonies, shall ye keep it. 4And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

Numbers 9:2 word by word

וְיַעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־הַפָּ֖סַח בְּמוֹעֲדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• keepעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• seasonמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: time appointedH4150

Cross-references for Numbers 9:2

• Exodus 12:1And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
• Numbers 28:16And on the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
• Exodus 12:6And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Leviticus 23:5In the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD’S passover.
• Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month Abib, and keep the passover to the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth from Egypt by night.
• Joshua 5:10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
• 2 Chronicles 35:1Moreover Josiah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
• Ezra 6:19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
• Mark 14:12And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said to him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
• Luke 22:7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
• 1 Corinthians 5:7Therefore purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Commentaries on Numbers 9:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-5Verses 1-5 Passover at Sinai. This, as being kept in the first month, was prior in time to the numbering of Numbers 1:1 ff, and to the other events narrated in this book. It is, however, recorded here as introductory to the ordinance of Numbers 9:6-14 in this chapter respecting the supplementary Passover; the observance of which was one of the last occurrences during the halt at Sinai. Numbers 9:5 In some details, the present Passover differed both from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3God told the Hebrews to celebrate Passover at the set time (see Exodus 12:6). at twilight: The Hebrew day starts at sunset.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-52-5. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season, &c.--The date of this command to keep the passover in the wilderness was given shortly after the erection and consecration of the tabernacle and preceded the numbering of the people by a month. (Compare Nu 9:1 with Nu 1:1, 2). But it is narrated after that transaction in order to introduce the notice of a particular case, for which a law was provided to meet the occasion. This…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 9:2

• Israel
• Passover
• Sanitation
• Sinai

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Appearance
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• Sinai
• Apocrypha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings